Moving the checkpoints 
Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen area. At the beginning of this year Bulgaria and Romania joined the Schengen Agreement for overland traffic, having already been admitted for maritime and air links in March 2024. However, not all border crossings between the southeastern... more
Jafza enters phase 2 
Jafza has launched phase 2 of its logistics park with an AED 90 million investment, adding 360,000 sqft of grade-A warehousing and office space. This expansion follows the full lease of phase 1 prior to completion and supports growing demand for logistics infrastructure, as... more
Germany’s rooftop PV potential
Only around 19% of commercial and logistics buildings in Germany are equipped with photovoltaic (PV) systems, according to a study by Fraunhofer IIS and the 'Power of Logistics' initiative. Based on AI-supported image analysis of 120,150 hall roofs, the research found... more
Esyms DHL Partnership in Malaysia
Esyms, an online pharmacy and health solutions provider, has partnered with DHL eCommerce Malaysia to enhance medication delivery in Malaysia. Through this collaboration, patients using Esyms's AllMeds app can upload prescriptions, make payments and track DHL-delivered... more
Bifa addresses cargo insurance
Steve Parker (on the right), the director general of the British International Freight Association (Bifa), joined Marcus Baker, of Marsh (on the left), to open the ‘Cargo Insurance London’ conference (as advertised in the ITJ Daily on 27 February), with a focus on uninsured... more
Dachser webinar on chemical logistics
Dachser Chem Logistics Austria and Switzerland are holding a webinar entitled ‘Chemical Logistics in Motion’ on 3 April. The event will present the findings from a recent study conducted in collaboration with Professor Christian Kille and Dr Andreas Backhaus (pictured),... more
Americold expanding Christchurch site
Americold has broken ground for the USD 34 million expansion of a temperature-controlled storage facility in Hornby, Christchurch (New Zealand). The project will more than double the site’s current capacity and support growing demand on New Zealand’s South Island from various... more
MongoDB boosts access in Southeast Asia
MongoDB has expanded the availability of its multi-cloud data platform ‘MongoDB Atlas’ to Amazon Web Services (AWS) regions in Malaysia and Thailand. The move supports increased demand in Southeast Asia, where MongoDB has seen significant growth, as it has reported. With... more
EU pharma flow insights
Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands account for 68% of the pharmaceuticals trade in the EU-27, according to a recent report by Logista Freight. The study analyses intra-European trade flows in a sector moving 3.3 million t annually, with a market value of over... more
Cargoline partner awards
Cargoline has named its ‘Partners of the Year’ for 2024, as the company has reported. Wackler Spedition & Logistik (Wilsdruff) secured first place for the second consecutive year. Kissel Spedition (Mainaschaff) came second, followed by Hartmann Spedition (Paderborn) in... more